The Private Life of the Late Benjamin Franklin, LL.D . originally written by himself, and now Translated from the French

[Franklin, Benjamin]

Edit� par Printed for J. Parsons, No. 21, Pater-noster Row, London, 1793

Ancien(s) ou d'occasion xvi, 324 pp. 1 vols. 8vo

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First edition in English. xvi, 324 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First English translation of Franklin's M�moires de la Vie Priv�e (Paris, 1791), with material added, containing many vivid descriptions of his early life in the two great cities of colonial English America, Boston and Philadelphia. There is a wealth of detail of daily life and characters, as well as Franklin's role in founding some of the first great civic institutions in America. Franklin wrote the first five chapters of his autobiography in England in 1771 covering his life from 1706 to 1731, resumed again 13 years later in Paris and again in 1788 when he returned to the United States. A draft of the first part was obtained by a French publisher and printed in Paris in 1791. That work would be translated into English and printed in London in 1793, with a continuation by the editor added. The complete version with all parts as written by Franklin would be published in 1818 by his grandson and literary heir William Temple Franklin. "The most widely read of all American autobiographies . this book holds the essence of the American way of life" (Grolier American). A classic piece of Americana. Howes F323, "aa"; Sabin 25573; Grolier American 100, 21; Reese & Osborn, Struggle for North America 91 (ref) Contemporary calf-backed boards, minor wear at top of spine. Housed in a morocco backed clamshell box. N� de r�f. du vendeur 367004

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Titre : The Private Life of the Late Benjamin ...
�diteur : Printed for J. Parsons, No. 21, Pater-noster Row, London
Date d'�dition : 1793
Reliure : xvi, 324 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
Edition : First edition in English.

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The Private Life of the Late Benjamin Franklin, LL.D. Late Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America to France. Originally Written by Himself, and Now Translated from the French. Bound with a Copy of William Falconer�s �The Shipwreck�

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN (FALCONER, WILLIAM)

Edit� par London Printed for J. Parsons 1793, 1793

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First Edition - British. Octavo, late 19th-century three-quarter brown calf, of which the spine has been rebacked with the original leather and lettering retained, and with the original boards. With two unobtrusive ownership signatures. Uniformly very good condition with a scattering of foxing and slight evidence of use. The title page includes the following: �To which are added some account of his public life, a variety of anecdotes concerning him, by M.M. Brissot, Condorcet, Rochefoucault, Le Roy, etc. And the eulogem of M. Fauchet, Constitutional Bishop of the Department of Calvados, and a member of the National Convention. This English expanded edition of Benjamin Franklin's renowned and widely read autobiography, originally published in Paris in 1791, a year after his death, is an eloquent, often humorous, practical, and astute observation of the social, political, and cultural spirit of his time. He wrote the first five chapters of his autobiography in England in 1771, picked it up again in 1784-85 while he was living in Paris, and completed it in 1788 when he returned to the United States. Franklin concludes his writing in 1757 when he was 51 years old. Bound in is a 147 page copy of William Falconer�s best-selling poem �The Shipwreck,� published in London, printed for T. Cadell, in 1769, third edition, corrected. Falconer was a merchant seaman, and had survived a shipwreck as a young man, only to suffer another accident at sea in 1769, and drowned. N� de r�f. du vendeur 18142E

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